Entrance Counseling

Before your loan can be posted to your account, you MUST complete an Entrance Counseling Program. NESCom's Entrance Counseling Program has 2 parts: Online Entrance Counseling and an In Person Group Entrance Interview.

The online counseling takes about 30 minutes, and informs you of your rights and responsibilities as a borrower.  You should complete the online counseling session at the same time you are signing your Master Promissory Note for your Stafford Loan(s). See below for instructions on how to complete your online Entrance Counseling session.

The In Person Group Entrance Interview will be held during Fall Orientation and is mandatory for all students that are borrowing a loan at NESCom for the first time.

Online Entrance Counseling- To be completed with your Master Promissory Note

1.    Sign In to www.Studentloans.gov. You will need your PIN used to sign your FAFSA to begin the loan process. If you have forgotten or are having trouble with your PIN please refer to the PIN site:  www.pin.ed.gov

2.       Click “Complete Entrance Counseling” in the bottom box to the left of the screen.

3.       On the next page, click “Complete Entrance Counseling” again. This time “Complete Entrance Counseling” will be in blue, next to a small green box.

4.       Choose  “I am an Undergrad” and click “Continue”

5.       Read through the information and hit “Continue”

6.       Choose “Maine” from the School State Drop Down Box

7.       Choose “New England School of Communications”  from the School Name Drop Down Box.

8.       Take the quiz! Read the info and answer the questions at the bottom. If you get one wrong you must correct it before you can continue.

9.       Send NESCom a confirmation email to financialaid@nescom.edu  that your Entrance Counseling has been completed.

In Person Entrance Interview- Fall Orientation, August 29th, 2010 

 The In Person Entrance Interview is a more "hands on" approach to becoming an informed borrower. The  Interview is designed like a seminar and will cover topics like how to keep yourself from taking on more debt than you can handle, bugeting, how to borrow responsibly, and how to find sources (like scholarships, etc.) that can reduce the amount of money you have to borrow, to attend school. The session lasts about 30 minutes will be held on campus and built into the Fall Orientation Schedule.

Click here for information about NESCom's Exit Counseling Program